AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… Sydney, Australia – 25 September 2024 Seawind Catamarans returns to the Melbourne Boat Show with Australian distributor Multihull Central, showing a brand new Seawind 1160 Lite catamaran now available to bareboat charter with Riviera Nautic on the Gippsland Lakes. The Seawind will be on display from Thursday the 17th until Sunday the 20th of October at the Melbourne Boat Show located at the New Quay Promenade Harbour Esplanade Sevens Marina. The new Seawind 1160 features a luxurious timber interior upgrade, leather upholstery and flexiteak through the cockpit and transom steps, plus internal heating for a luxurious holiday experience on the lakes. The Seawind 1160 Lite is considered one of the best performing cruising catamarans on its size and due to it’s manageable size, the most popular model in the country. The highly awarded Riviera Nautic now manages and operates this…
AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… Sydney, Australia – 22nd March 2024 The all new Seawind 1170 will make its official Australian boat show debut at the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show May 23-26 with exclusive distributors, Multihull Central. A detailed test sail video of the Seawind 1170 has been filmed demonstrating all sailing angles and ease of use for the shorthanded sailor. See the video here: https://youtu.be/dVmjGw944qk In a new major strategic move for the Australian owned manufacturer, Seawind has opened a brand new production facility in Turkey building the Seawind 1170, offering Mediterranean delivery, or shipping back to Australia. Three new Seawind 1170s have already been ordered for Australian delivery. The incredible success of the Seawind 1370 has inspired Seawind to design a smaller version around 40 feet. This is only hull number two of this brand new production model featuring a stylish new shape similar…
Welcome to special wrap-up news following a hugely successful Sanctuary Cove Boat Show, where we saw record crowds to our stand lining up to see the first HH catamaran in Australia, along with the ever-popular Seawind and up-and-coming Longreach. 6 boats were ordered during the course of the show, BUT we still have some limited production slot options available depending on the size. Here are some of the photos during the event: We also had a great night celebrating the launch of HH Catamarans in Australia with 7 owners with boats on order attending. Congratulations to all the customers now looking forward to the build of these new boats. See you at Sydney Boat Show!
AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brent Vaughan from HH Catamarans distributor Multihull Central, takes the HH50-SC ‘Synergy’ out sailing off the Gold Coast to test how it sails in lumpy conditions and light winds. Here is the full account and transcript that accompanies the sailing video. Concept With influences from building TP52’s, Americas cup yachts and at one stage Gun Boats, the Hakes and Hudson partnership has emerged as arguably the leading shipyard in its class of high performance production and semi custom cruising catamarans, intertwining technology and comfort. Though many HH catamarans are raced and they enjoy the fact their boats are strong enough to fly a hull, the real reason more and more are attracted to these performance cats is that they sail well in lighter conditions as they do in stronger conditions. This efficiency means more champagne sailing days and less diesel…
AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… Sydney, Australia – 10 February 2022 HH Catamarans makes its Australian boat show debut at Sanctuary Cove with the stunning new HH50 catamaran ‘Synergy’, built entirely from epoxy resin-infused carbon fibre and designed as a highly efficient performance cruising catamaran for ocean sailing. Designed by world-renowned Morrelli & Melvin, the HH50 was named ‘Boat of the Year’ by Cruising World Magazine USA in 2021. The design features the highest level of lightweight construction and engineering combined with a refined quality interior finish rarely seen in the marine industry and subsequently has few true rivals. The boat offers generous living spaces with a large indoor/outdoor dining arrangement, large U-shaped galley, and luxurious cabins with vast amounts of headroom and natural light. The sailing ability of this catamaran is incredible, with a Marstrom carbon rig paired with a carbon one-piece longeron and forward…
AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brisbane, Australia – 24 November 2022 Seawind Catamarans, Corsair Marine and Multihull Central brought 21 boat owners together for a spectacular weekend of social racing on Moreton Bay as hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. A mixed fleet of 15 Seawind catamarans and 6 Corsair trimarans sailed in stunning conditions on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay on Friday the 18th of November for the first race of three. Consistent tacking to Hope Banks followed by a reach to St Helena beacon and finishing off with a downwind run to Lockyer light made for a spectacular sight of multihulls sailing together. Corsairs hunted down the fleet and took over very quickly. After a 2 hour race for some it was time to head back to RQYS for sundowners and paella by the water’s edge and under palm trees. Saturday morning was picturesque…
Multihull Central announced the new Corsair 880 is on its way to Australia to be showcased at the upcoming Sydney International Boat Show. The Corsair 880 has revolutionised traditional trimaran designs and offers a new way for performance sailors to also enjoy longer distance cruising with some of the creature comforts offered by the popular catamarans. “This is an exciting time for trimaran sailing,” says Brent Vaughan, Director at Multihull Central. “It’s been almost 40 years of trimaran innovation since Corsair’s F27 was inducted into the sailing Hall of Fame. Even back in 1986 the boat was recognised for being big enough to cruise with some essential comforts, light enough to be fast and generate its own apparent wind, yet small enough to trailer behind a regular 4WD. In 2022 we see these same features reimagined and much more.” Features and benefits of the…
A special report by Brent Vaughan on the latest boats, innovations, features, in the Multihull Central stable of leading catamaran manufacturers. I really love attending the Miami boat show. Not only does Miami have one of the largest displays of catamarans in the world, and certainly the USA with 50 catamarans boat sail and power from 20 to 80 feet in length, but it is a melting pot of cultures with Cuban, Caribbean and South American influence everywhere. It is also the launching point for many setting sail to the Bahamas, Caribbean or even through to the Panama and South Pacific and so naturally people from all over America and the world amass at this show to decide on how their own journey will be shaped with possibly the most important decision of all…choosing a boat. Here are some of highlights: With the…
Multihull Central has again brought together a large display for the Sydney International Boat Show from 1-5th August at Darling Harbour, including two new Seawind sailing catamarans and two new Aquila power catamarans. Heading the Seawind fleet is the award-winning 41ft Seawind 1260. In December last year, the highly read and respected ‘Cruising World Magazine’ of the USA named the Australian designed Seawind 1260 as the ‘Best Cruising Catamaran Under 50 feet’ up against the largest boat builders in the world. Alongside the Seawind 1260 will be a new 38ft Seawind 1160 featuring new attractive timber interior. This boat has full commercial survey compliance to allow owners Dave and father Ray to operate charters on Sydney Harbour for up to 28 passengers. There will be also a brand new Aquila 44 on display, the first to call Sydney its home port….
The award-winning Seawind 1260 will be displayed at the upcoming Pittwater Sail Expo on the 27th & 28th April as hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport. In December last year, the highly read and respected ‘Cruising World Magazine’ of the USA named the Australian designed Seawind 1260 as the ‘Best Cruising Catamaran Under 50 feet’ up against the largest boat builders in the world. With 35 years of heritage designing and building production cruising catamarans, Seawind boats key performance features such as twin helms for short handed sailing, lower aspect boom for less pitching, monocoque structure for stiffness and at only 8 tonne lightship displacement the design is up to 30% lighter than its competitors. Combined with the innovative trifold door system that Seawind is famous for providing indoor outdoor living with a new alfresco lounge and galley, large opening…
